The effects of right and left amygdala kindling on the female reproductive system in rats

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 880-886

  Hum, Kathryn M ^a   Megna, Sofia ^a   Burnham, W McIntyre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Estradiol; Estrous cycle

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROUS CYCLE ABNORMALITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; KINDLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; VAGINA CYTOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 63849211981     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01982.x     Document Type: Article

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